diff --git a/docs/storage.rst b/docs/storage.rst index ed4e28f2..1909bd84 100644 --- a/docs/storage.rst +++ b/docs/storage.rst @@ -315,3 +315,26 @@ There are a few per-datastore options: * :ref:`Notifications ` * :ref:`Maintenance Mode ` * Verification of incoming backups + +Tuning +^^^^^^ +There are some tuning related options for the datastore that are more advanced +and only available on the CLI: + +* ``chunk-order``: Chunk order for verify & tape backup: + + You can specify the order in which Proxmox Backup Server iterates the chunks + when doing a verify or backing up to tape. The two options are: + + - `inode` (default): Sorts the chunks by inode number of the filesystem before iterating + over them. This should be fine for most storages, especially spinning disks. + - `none` Iterates the chunks in the order they appear in the + index file (.fidx/.didx). While this might slow down iterating on many slow + storages, on very fast ones (for example: NVMEs) the collecting and sorting + can take more time than gained through the sorted iterating. + This option can be set with: + +.. code-block:: console + + # proxmox-backup-manager datastore update --tuning 'chunk-order=none' +